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YAG-29
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 USCGC Algonquin (CG-4) (1915 - 1930)
 USRC Algonquin (1898 - 1915)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Uniform - Charlie
 NKUC
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Algonquin Class Revenue Cutter:
  • Built at Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio for the US Revenue Service
  • Launched, 30 March 1897
  • Commissioned, USRC Algonquin, 20 June 1898
  • Redesignated USCGC Algonquin (CG-4), date unknown
  • Assigned to Puerto Rico from 1905 to 1917
  • Reassigned to Norfolk, VA and later to Europe for convoy duty during the war
  • Reassigned to the West Coast in 1919
  • Decommissioned by the US Coast Guard, 11 December 1930
  • Sold private in 1931, to Foss Tug & Launch Co., Seattle WA., name retained
  • Converted to a floating power generating plant, circa 1939
  • Chartered by Siems-Drake-Puget Sound, towed to Alaska to provide electrical power during construction of NAS Kodiak
  • Acquired by the US Navy and placed in service in 1943, designated YAG-29
  • Placed our of service, date unknown
  • Allocated to the 13th Naval District
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1946
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1181 t.
    Length 204'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 13' 6" (nav)
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 10
    Enlisted 63
    Armament
    USRC / USCG
    two single 6-pdr. gun mounts (as built)
    four single 6-pdr. gun mounts (refit 1930)
    three .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion
    one triple-expansion steam, 25'', 37.5'', and 56.25'' diam by 30'' stroke
    single propeller, 2,500shp
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    USCGC Algonquin (CG-4)
    YAG-29 72k USCGC Algonquin (CG-4) date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo # NH 67545    		 Robert Hurst
    YAG-29 51k USCGC Algonquin (CG-4) date and location unknown.
    photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1924".    		 Robert Hurst
    Commercial Service
    YAG-29 82k Power generating vessel Algonquin moored at Women's Bay, AK., 27 December 1940, while providing electrical power for the construction of NAS Kodiak. Photo from Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1940, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest Kodiak Military History Museum
    YAG-25
    YAG-29 113k YAG-29 shown on 26 June 1943 after completing conversion by Todd Seattle Dry Docks Inc., Seattle, Washington. Note the row of plated over portholes near the waterline aft and the two rows plated over forward.
    US National Archives Photo # 19-N-46832, RG-19 LCM, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst
    YAG-29 95k YAG-29 taken on 21 November 1943 by the Naval Air Station, Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The original caption reads: "Crash of OS2N-1 into forecastle of YAG-29 (sic) near Akutan, Alaska. Plane on barge alongside YAG-29 (port side)." The number on the non-naval self-propelled barge appears to be 651.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-209939 RG-80-G, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst
    YAG-29 174k YAG-29 underway, probably in Alaskan waters, date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Stan Svec
    There is no DANFS history available for YAG-29 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
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